Please note that other
local, State, or federal agencies may also have regulatory authority
over solid waste facilities. Also, all statutory citations refer to the
California Code of Regulations (CCR) unless otherwise indicated.

Until the Board's tiered
regulatory structure became effective in 1994, there was a "one-size-fits-all" permit applied to all facilities. There are now five tiers,
including the standardized tier which provides a higher level of review and
oversight than the other tiers but not as much as the full permit.
Permit tiers include:

Effective April 4, 2003, there are no longer any compost facilities in the
standardized permit tier. Title
14, Section 17855.4 describes the process and time-lines for operators
with pre-existing standardized permits to apply for the proper tier.